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Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$48k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
38%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$600
Largest grant, FY2025
$13,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 22
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$63k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthInternationalReligionHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving20$48k50%
FY202421$50k38%
FY202320$28k30%
FY202218$27k39%
FY202119$33k53%
FY20209$21k11%
FY201920$22k55%
FY201822$23kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$76kHealth$42kInternational$30kHousing & Shelter$30kRecreation & Sports$21kHuman Services$20kEducation$10kYouth Development$8kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
OR
CA
UT
CO
MO
AZ
KS
TN
OK
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Baja Vision Ministries$26,850310%
Alternatives$21,30071%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$20,35080%
The Signatry Corporation Inc$18,0007n/a
Landmark Church of Christ$14,4006n/a
Southwest Church of Christ$13,0001n/a
Interfaith Community Services Inc$13,00050%
Africa Community Transformation Services$8,020214%
Compassion International Incorporated$6,68380%
Play as One$6,62041%
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All grantees of Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Baja Vision Ministries$26,850310%
Alternatives$21,30071%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$20,35080%
The Signatry Corporation Inc$18,0007n/a
Landmark Church of Christ$14,4006n/a
Southwest Church of Christ$13,0001n/a
Interfaith Community Services Inc$13,00050%
Africa Community Transformation Services$8,020214%
Compassion International Incorporated$6,68380%
Play as One$6,62041%
Beacon of Hope International$5,5001n/a
The Classical Academy Inc$4,57460%
North Coast Church$4,0832n/a
Save the Storks$3,37510%
Predisan USA Inc$2,52020%
Marriage Helper Inc$2,500122%
The Christian Relief Fund$2,40010%
The Alabaster Jar Project$2,03010%
Josiah Venture$2,01510%
Christs Church$2,0001n/a
Passion Life Church Inc$1,5002n/a
Alliance Defending Freedom$1,25540%
Escondido Union High School District$1,1002n/a
The Salvation Army$1,0001n/a
Restoration Community Arts$61010%
Hope on the Hard Road Inc$51011%
Let's Start Talking Ministry$50610%
Empower Me Up$5001n/a
Valley Center Community Church$5001n/a
Novo Foundation$5001n/a
Daybreak Church$5001n/a
Equipnet$3001n/a
Global Leadership Network$3001n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3001n/a
Bibleproject$25010%
Living Waters Publications$25010%
Vanguard University of So Cal$25010%
Orangewood Foundation$20010%
Su Refugio Ministries$20010%
Standing Stone Ministries Inc$20010%
Voice of the Martyrs Inc$1501n/a
Semper Fi & America's Fund$10010%
Life Pacific University$1001n/a
Seany Foundation$10010%
Rebecca's Wish$10010%
Mission Hills Church Inc$1001n/a
Fathers House Inc$401n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($62k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBaja Vision Ministries: $26,850 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetAlternatives: $21,300 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $20,350 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAfrica Community Transformation Services: $8,020 over 2y, 14% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $6,683 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPlay as One: $6,620 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Classical Academy Inc: $4,574 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Storks: $3,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPredisan USA Inc: $2,520 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMarriage Helper Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 22% of budgetThe Christian Relief Fund: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Alabaster Jar Project: $2,030 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJosiah Venture: $2,015 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance Defending Freedom: $1,255 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRestoration Community Arts: $610 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHope on the Hard Road Inc: $510 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLet's Start Talking Ministry: $506 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBibleproject: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Waters Publications: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanguard University of So Cal: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrangewood Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSu Refugio Ministries: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStanding Stone Ministries Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeany Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRebecca's Wish: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Servant FoundationKS19× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The San Diego Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Sempra Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Texas Instruments Foundation · American Endowment Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation

How much does Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation give?
Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $47,778 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Health (17%), International (12%).
Who are Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Baja Vision Ministries ($27k), Alternatives ($21k), Fellowship of Christian Athletes ($20k).
Does Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc, The Signatry Charitable Trust.
Where is Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation based?
Kenneth & Donielle Winter Family Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 76 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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